Aliquippa, Pa.
Speaking at a former steel mill that now is the site of a multi-million dollar wallboard plant, Texas Gov. George W. Bush announced a wide-ranging brownfield plan that is based on cleanup and remediation schemes in use in 35 states.
Bush criticized federal government’s handling of cleaning up brownfields in …
William T. McCormick Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CMS Energy Corporation
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William McCormick has driven Michigan-based CMS Energy to new heights as an international energy company. We have selected him as our Person of the Month for his dedication …
Information is the blood
of any marketplace. Information lets traders and developers know how to
deal, how to act, and how to plan. The brownfield market is no
different from any market—information is what keeps the brownfield
market functioning.
That’s why it was distressing when …
In the article about
Kansas City in the January/February issue of Brownfield News there are some
inaccuracies and omissions of important facts. First, the article pictured
former Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II; however, the current mayor of Kansas City,
Mo. is Kay Barnes. There are also a number of success stories …
To most Americans,
Buffalo, N.Y.
is the home of the Buffalo Bills or maybe the birthplace
of Buffalo chicken wings. Few know that Buffalo was an industrial
powerhouse whose growth began to skyrocket in 1825 when the Erie Canal
opened.
As the western terminus of …
Greenfields, Brownfields, Timfields On July 1, 1999, the U.S. Senate confirmed President
Clinton’s nomination of Timothy Fields Jr. as the USEPA Assistant
Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER).
…
As brownfield sites have become a priority topic for a
growing range of players — from city agencies to corporate leaders as
well as environmental activists — so has their treatment in state
legislatures and agencies across the US. States are taking an increasingly
active role in promoting the identification, …
Federal Resource Guide
While states and cities are in the forefront of brownfield development, the federal government has a large number of programs scattered through many agencies that deal with brownfield issues. As expected, the EPA´has taken the lead, but others, such as Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Defense and the Economic Development Administration also play important roles. Other agencies, such as the National …
Preventing urban sprawl is one way to place additional emphasis on brownfield sites for redevelopment. …
